Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend:
Five people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 27, 2020.
2020 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics
Troopers investigated the following:
Traffic Crashes —175
Traffic Crash Injuries — 55
Traffic Crash Fatalities — 5
DWI — 62
[Note: Last year during the 30-hour Christmas counting period, there were 278 traffic crashes statewide. In those crashes, three people were killed and another 111 were injured. During the 2019 Christmas holiday, troopers arrested 20 people for driving while impaired.]
There were no boating crashes or drownings over the 2020 Christmas holiday counting period.
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